Professional Development

College Composition and Communication: Attendee, 2006, 2007, 2008. Attended sessions on pedagogy and teaching with technology.

ENGL 505: Professional Writing Practicum, Fall 2007. 2006. Purdue University. Taught by David Blakesley. Course observations, Teaching Portfolio, and New Course Proposal.

ENGL 505: Teaching First Year Composition, Fall 2005-Spring 2006. Purdue University, taught by Richard Johnson-Sheehan. Projects included: Curriculum development for Fall 2005 and Spring 2006; Teaching Philosophy, Course observations, Teaching Portfolio, and New Course Proposal.

WRT 698: Practicum in Teaching Writing, Fall 2004. Stony Brook University, taught by Anne Beaufort. Projects included: development of an entirely new WRT 101 curriculum used in Spring 2005 that focuses on students writing in and about discourse communities.

Writing Consultant, California University of Pennsylvania and Pennsylvania College of Technology, Spring 2000-Summer 2003. Attended various tutor development workshops on working with writers, writing basics, esl, grammar, etc.